Wings of War

In this heart-pounding episode we feature the greatest and most influential bombers ever built and with first-hand accounts from pilots who get to see, hear and feel what it must be like to be in the cockpit of these exceptional "Wings of War."

An examination of aircraft in the surveillance side of warfare, from the Voisin in WWI, to the Lysander in WWII and their uses in reconnaissance and pick-up missions.

From the trusty Lysander that flew Special Operations agents under the cover of darkness into occupied France, and the C47 planes that dropped paratroopers on D-Day in World War Two, carefully drawn up plans are dropped as everything changes in a crisis.

An exploration of the Battle of Britain during World War II in which the Royal Air Force defended the UK against German attack in their first major campaign entirely by air.

A look at the birth of the jet engine in 1939, and at the Heinkel, the world's first turbojet aircraft.

The story of their role in Vietnam is told by combat veteran Woody Spring; new tactics are employed to defeat the enemy, Hunter Killerpacks of dual helicopters roam the skies to defeat the opposition; the Black Hawk Helicopter operated in Somalia, and was the catalyst for the epic Battle of Mogadishu.